Novelty button



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Patented Mar. 2, 1937 PATENT OFFICE NOVELTY BUTTON Horace W. Richardson,The Patent Button Tucker, 6a., assignor to Company, Waterbury,

Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Application June 7, 1935, Serial No.25,521

2 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in buttons.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a novelty tackbutton having a rough 5 surface, so that the wearer of overalls or acoat with these buttons thereon may easily and conveniently strike amatch on the face of the button.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a button wherein thecap will have a raised surface made up of a multiplicity of lines thatcross each other, so that a match head can be conveniently drawn acrossthe same and enough friction will be created to cause the match tolight.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a' button,especially a tack button (as these are the buttons that are universallyused on overalls, work-suits, and coats), wherein any desirable insigniacan be placed thereon and also a raised surface that will present amultiplicity of lines, so that a match can be lighted by drawing itacross the same, and to further provide an anvil for the button thatwill receive the tack and, at the same time, strongly back up therelatively thin shell on which the striking surface is impressed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnew and novel features and combination of parts, as will be hereinaftermore fully explained and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the ferred embodiment,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view, on a greatly enlarged scale for the sake ofclearness of illustration, showing a plurality of lines on which a matchis to be struck;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawing, and more particularly for the moment toFig. 3, there is shown a hub I, which is in the form of a shell having45 the body portion 2, the shell flaring outwardly,

as at 3, and then upwardly and outwardly, as at i. The bottom of the hubmay be perforated,

as at 5, as it is through this opening 5 that the 50 prong of a tack(not shown) will be driven, as is well known, to fasten the button tothe garment. Within the body I of this shell is positioned what is knownas a die or anvil 6, which may be centrally recessed, as at I, so thatwhen the tack 55 is driven into the hub it will be deformed and drawingshowing a predeflected against button in place.

In the present instance, it will be noted that the anvil 6 is alsoprovided with a relatively thick head portion 1', which completely fillsup the upper part of the shell and, in fact, extends above the upperperipheral rim 3 of the shell. Over this anvil is placed a cap 9 that iscrimped, as at In, over the shell to complete the button head, the anvil6 having the shell bearing directly thereon across its entire diameter.This is to properly back up and support the relatively thin cap, as thiscap is to be subjected to a strain not usually placed on buttons.

Now as may be seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, there is formed in the shell aplurality of raised lines ll, I2, l-3, etc., while extending at rightangles thereto are the further raised lines M, l5, it, etc. Betweenthese lines there are formed the little pockets 11, as will be readilyunderstood.

Outlining the opposite edges of this roughlyv formed (frictional)surface, the edges may be rounded, as at I8 and i9, both for the sake ofappearance and so that the match head will not strike too abrupt aprojection when drawn against the same. The cap of the button may alsohave any desired insignia thereon, such as at 20, and in the presentinstance, there are shown the words Strike match, which are indicative,of course, of the secondary use of the button.

In Fig. 3, I have shown how the anvil -6 may be further held in positionwithin the shell, which consists of indenting the shell, as at 2|, whichwill drive the metal displaced from the shell into resultantindentations in the anvil. It will be understood that the outline orcontour of this raised frictional surface might be changed withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Finally, it will be seen that I have produced a novelty button that isinexpensive to manufacture and wherein the surface is formed especiallyto be used for striking matches. Also, the cap on which the surface isformed is well backed up by the anvil or die, which anvil or die, itwill be understood, is arranged for deforming the tack during theattaching operation for securely holding the button in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:---

l. A tack button including a shell, an anvil fitted therein and adaptedto deform the prong the anvil 6 and tightly hold the of a tack when thelatter is driven into said shell, to thereby hold the button inposition, a metal raised surfaces extending above the normal plane ofthe rim of the button.

2. A metal tack button including a shell, an

